Prophetic Resistance to Islam in Ninth-Century Córdoba: Paulus Alvarus and the Indiculus Luminosus
The Indiculus Luminosus has been discussed for its polemical depiction of Muḥammad, its author's lament over the loss of Latinity in Umayyad Córdoba, or its relation to the so-called Córdoban Martyrs of the 850s. None of these, however, comprehends the purpose of the work as a whole. A layman,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Medieval encounters
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 433-456 |
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Paulus, Albarus 800-862, Indiculus luminosus
/ Córdoba (Spain)
/ Islam
/ Resistance
/ Martyrs of Córdoba
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBH Iberian Peninsula |
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Mozarabs
B Paulus Alvarus B Cordoban martyrs B Indiculus Luminosus B Anti-Muslim Polemic B Christian-Muslim relations |
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| Summary: | The Indiculus Luminosus has been discussed for its polemical depiction of Muḥammad, its author's lament over the loss of Latinity in Umayyad Córdoba, or its relation to the so-called Córdoban Martyrs of the 850s. None of these, however, comprehends the purpose of the work as a whole. A layman, Paulus Alvarus, wrote the Indiculus in 854 CE to galvanize the Córdoban Christian elites to oppose Islam through public preaching and affirmation of their Christian identity without compromise. Asserting prophetic authority and appropriating ecclesiastical modes of discourse to engage and influence the elites of an early medieval society, Alvarus's Indiculus provides a crucial, if idiosyncratic, witness to a time of profound cultural and religious change. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340053 |